Psammechinus microtuberculatus

(Blainville, 1825) · species

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Animalia/Echinodermata/Echinoidea/Camarodonta/Parechinidae/Psammechinus

At a glance

Occurrence records646

Data sources8

Biological traits6

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Psammechinus microtuberculatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility456 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System190 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Chemical compositionNPASS65 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS646 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Psammechinus microtuberculatus, also known as the green sea urchin, in the family Parechinidae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length4 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits3

Depth max685 m

Depth min1 m

Vulnerability10

03Chemical composition65 compounds

Compounds documented for Psammechinus microtuberculatus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Miscellaneous polyketides10

Cinnamic acids and derivatives5

Cinnamic acids and derivatives $ Simple phenolic acids3

Flavanones3

Simple phenolic acids3

Documented compounds65 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(-)-Caryophyllene	present	NPASS
(-)-Syringaresinol	present	NPASS
(2R)-7-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one	present	NPASS
(2Z,6Z,10Z,14Z,18Z,22Z,26E,30E,34E)-3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39-decamethyltetraconta-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38-decaen-1-ol	present	NPASS
(3E,4R)-4-hydroxy-5-methylidene-3-tetradecylideneoxolan-2-one	present	NPASS
(3E,4R)-4-hydroxy-5-methylidene-3-tridecylideneoxolan-2-one	present	NPASS
(3E,4R)-4-hydroxy-5-methylidene-3-undecylideneoxolan-2-one	present	NPASS
(3Z,4R)-4-hydroxy-5-methylidene-3-tridecylideneoxolan-2-one	present	NPASS
1-[2,4-dihydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]butan-1-one	present	NPASS
3,4-Methylenedioxy-5-methoxycinnamyl alcohol	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Psammechinus microtuberculatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type646 records

Wild obs. + sensor315

Museum / vouchered131

Fossil1

Other199

Origin

Native51

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 036 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit177

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 42.6 m · max 192 m · 177 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 112≤10 km 7>10 km 7

136 georeferenced · 179 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor315

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy21% within 1 km

≤1 km 8≤10 km 14>10 km 16

38 georeferenced · 93 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence131

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 16 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Laboratoria di biologia marina di Triestelocation not on record	27
Washington, US	26
Cambridge, US	24
Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Institute for Oceanographylocation not on record	5
Paris, FR	4
Istituto di Scienze Marine di Venezialocation not on record	4
ICATMARlocation not on record	3
Helsinki, FI	3
Brussels, BE	2
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	2
IEO-COMA-CSIClocation not on record	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
Chicago, US	1

16 institutions · 106 of 131 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

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